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"There are 2-0 pitches, 3-1 pitches that he's missing," a National League scout told the Los Angeles Times. "In the past, he could sit there and punish them. He doesn't swing with the same intensity that he used to." Martin understands the speculation, but hopes that people don't see him in that light. "I hope people don't think that," Martin says. "It would be unjust." The catcher points out that he came into the Majors in 2006, when baseball was already testing for performance-enhancing drugs. "I came in when we had the testing," he says. "It'd be kind of hard to get away with that." For the record, Martin says he never took any banned substances. |
Dodgers catcher Russell Martin has struggled this season, and some around the game believe that he lacks the strength he once had.